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F noisy Tom should in the senate prate, "That he would answer both for church and state; And, farther to demonstrate his affection, Would take the kingdom into his protection:" All mortals must be curious to inquire, Who could this coxcomb be, and who his sire? "What! thou, the spawn of him who sham'd our isle, Traitor, assassin, and informer vile! Though by the female side you proudly bring, To mend your breed, the murderer of a king; What was thy grandsire, but a mountaineer, Who held a cabin for ten groats a year; Whose master Moore preserved him from the halter! For stealing cows; nor could he read the Psalter! Durst thou, ungrateful, from the senate chace Thy founder's grandson , and usurp his place? "Just

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